The Kuban Gazette
Squad19 Jul 2027
Mikhail Yakovlev breaks a bone — 113 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 113 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market19 Jul 2027
Mykyta Kolesov agrees terms with KDV Tomsk
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Kuban people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The dugout19 Jul 2027
Abdalla Zaal keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Kuban may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Transfer targets19 Jul 2027
No deal for Alexey Gritsaenko at that price
Kuban offered $310.0K; Rubin said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad19 Jul 2027
A falling-out at Kuban
Mikhail Yakovlev and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
5 academy graduates step up at Kuban
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Boardroom19 Jul 2027
Belts tighten at Kuban
The accounts are being read more closely than the results. Wages before ambition is the order of business now, and the manager has been told so.
Player ratings19 Jul 2027
Igor Tursunov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market19 Jul 2027
One of our own: Sergei Myasnikov joins the Kuban first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergei Myasnikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Kuban promote Ivan Artemyev from within
- Market Ruslan Rumyantsev steps up from the Kuban academy
- Squad Yury Nesterenko makes it 200